Nicole Carr
@nicolefcarr.bsky.social
Digital Expat. Journalist. Speaker. Morehouse College Visiting Asst.journalism professor. Book writing 📚 + Globetrotting 🌎+ Searching for the ancestors with my own legacies 👧🏽👧🏽👦🏾 🇺🇸🇯🇲✨💕💚
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Nicole Carr
@nicolefcarr.bsky.social
· Mar 16
The historic Black press and the attempt to criminalize journalists
I've long thought about the potential for U.S. journalists to be jailed in America for doing our jobs. We should remember how the government came after Black journalists in the not-so-distant past.
nicolefcarr.substack.com
It's Black Press Day. And the historic Black press understood what it was like to be targeted, surveilled, charged with crimes, even jailed. As similar threats loom, we should take a look at this history. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe to Fortify here: nicolefcarr.substack.com/p/the-histor...
Thank God for families. The ones we’re born into, the ones we birth and the ones we choose. ✨
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thank God for families. The ones we’re born into, the ones we birth and the ones we choose. ✨
“This incident shows that we have important work to do at Morehouse College.” - New reporting from Joshua Bass re: the Morehouse student charged with assaulting a Clark Atlanta University student. The strangulation is captured in a disturbing viral video: maroontigermedia.com/2025/11/matt...
Morehouse student charged with aggravated assault and terroristic acts after alleged strangling
Matthew Gonzales Forestine, a Morehouse College student, faces charges after a viral video allegedly shows him strangling a Clark Atlanta University student.
maroontigermedia.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“This incident shows that we have important work to do at Morehouse College.” - New reporting from Joshua Bass re: the Morehouse student charged with assaulting a Clark Atlanta University student. The strangulation is captured in a disturbing viral video: maroontigermedia.com/2025/11/matt...
Earlier this year, I wrote about being concerned that we would soon witness journalists being jailed for doing their jobs.https://open.substack.com/pub/nicolefcarr/p/the-historic-black-press-and-the?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
It’s happening. Let’s not allow this to become the norm.
It’s happening. Let’s not allow this to become the norm.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Earlier this year, I wrote about being concerned that we would soon witness journalists being jailed for doing their jobs.https://open.substack.com/pub/nicolefcarr/p/the-historic-black-press-and-the?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
It’s happening. Let’s not allow this to become the norm.
It’s happening. Let’s not allow this to become the norm.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
More relevant than ever…
It's Black Press Day. And the historic Black press understood what it was like to be targeted, surveilled, charged with crimes, even jailed. As similar threats loom, we should take a look at this history. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe to Fortify here: nicolefcarr.substack.com/p/the-histor...
The historic Black press and the attempt to criminalize journalists
I've long thought about the potential for U.S. journalists to be jailed in America for doing our jobs. We should remember how the government came after Black journalists in the not-so-distant past.
nicolefcarr.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
More relevant than ever…
Why not Jan. 6?
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Why not Jan. 6?
On Hurricane Melissa, the Department of Ed, Black women,newsrooms, immigration & the Black press. I look forward to sending out new Fortify newsletters soon. Until then, let’s look at what’s relevant in our archives. #jamaica #education #journalism #immigration www.instagram.com/reel/DRV96n6...
Nicole Carr on Instagram: "On Hurricane Melissa, the Department of Education, Black women, newsrooms, immigration and the historic Black press. I look forward to sending out new Fortify newsletters s...
Looking back on our archives to explore the intersection of newsrooms, immigration, and education. A new newsletter is on its way, but for now, revisit our past posts for relevant insights.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
On Hurricane Melissa, the Department of Ed, Black women,newsrooms, immigration & the Black press. I look forward to sending out new Fortify newsletters soon. Until then, let’s look at what’s relevant in our archives. #jamaica #education #journalism #immigration www.instagram.com/reel/DRV96n6...
Joined @karenattiah.bsky.social ‘s
Resistance Studies Series last month to lecture on Black press history. Columbia cancelled Karen’s race/media course before her firing from the WaPo. Still, she persists. And we resist. The work is for our communities. www.instagram.com/reel/DRSb0qG...
Resistance Studies Series last month to lecture on Black press history. Columbia cancelled Karen’s race/media course before her firing from the WaPo. Still, she persists. And we resist. The work is for our communities. www.instagram.com/reel/DRSb0qG...
Resistance Studies Series on Instagram: ""There ought to be media reparations. Every media outlet that has existed for any amount of time needs to go back into its pages and look at how it incited vio...
In this episode of the Resistance Studies Series, we explore the dark history of media inciting violence and the need for media reparations. We examine the untold stories of the Black press, its strug...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Joined @karenattiah.bsky.social ‘s
Resistance Studies Series last month to lecture on Black press history. Columbia cancelled Karen’s race/media course before her firing from the WaPo. Still, she persists. And we resist. The work is for our communities. www.instagram.com/reel/DRSb0qG...
Resistance Studies Series last month to lecture on Black press history. Columbia cancelled Karen’s race/media course before her firing from the WaPo. Still, she persists. And we resist. The work is for our communities. www.instagram.com/reel/DRSb0qG...
Reposted by Nicole Carr
Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." - James Baldwin
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." - James Baldwin
Reposted by Nicole Carr
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
Reposted by Nicole Carr
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Great edition here:
Here it is, a very special--& especially supersized—250th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Please add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 250! (11/16/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, a very special--& especially supersized—250th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Please add more ...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Great edition here:
Reposted by Nicole Carr
+ featuring contributions from @andydemetra.bsky.social @eji.org @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social & @meidastouch.com @contingent-mag.bsky.social @drtanyaroth.bsky.social & @satevepost.bsky.social @nicolefcarr.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social @thedriftmag.com +
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reposted by Nicole Carr
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
"Watch: What are causing parent meltdowns at school board meetings ProPublica reporter Nicole Carr explains the spike of unruly parents getting arrested at school board meetings."
Aug 4, 2023
thegrio.com/2023/08/04/w... -ONE.
Aug 4, 2023
thegrio.com/2023/08/04/w... -ONE.
Watch: What are causing parent meltdowns at school board meetings?
ProPublica reporter Nicole Carr explains the spike of unruly parents getting arrested at school board meetings.
thegrio.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Watch: What are causing parent meltdowns at school board meetings ProPublica reporter Nicole Carr explains the spike of unruly parents getting arrested at school board meetings."
Aug 4, 2023
thegrio.com/2023/08/04/w... -ONE.
Aug 4, 2023
thegrio.com/2023/08/04/w... -ONE.
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📌 Articles cover slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta. #Black_Press #newspapers #history
📌 Articles cover slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta. #Black_Press #newspapers #history
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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📌 Articles cover slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta. #Black_Press #newspapers #history
📌 Articles cover slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta. #Black_Press #newspapers #history
Reposted by Nicole Carr
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers. - CSMonitor.com
www.csmonitor.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
Yep. I penned this piece that published on 11/9/24: theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Yep. I penned this piece that published on 11/9/24: theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
Oh, I completely believe in resilience and the strength of democratizing forces. Black people in this country have no other choice but to believe. But America is in full throttle FAFO mode. So we have to ride this ish out.
But, we have muscle memory. Surely, we can right the ship. Eventually.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Oh, I completely believe in resilience and the strength of democratizing forces. Black people in this country have no other choice but to believe. But America is in full throttle FAFO mode. So we have to ride this ish out.
Spoke at Spelman College earlier today and repeated something I’ve said for the better part of the year: We’ve lost this experiment we call democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Spoke at Spelman College earlier today and repeated something I’ve said for the better part of the year: We’ve lost this experiment we call democracy.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
Heard from some family in Jamaica yesterday. It was the first time we were able to speak via phone. Power and water has been restored to their area so the kids were able to return to school Thursday.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Heard from some family in Jamaica yesterday. It was the first time we were able to speak via phone. Power and water has been restored to their area so the kids were able to return to school Thursday.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.